Sunday, November 30, 2014

Blog # 7

Summary:

How Social Media Has Changed Us: The Good and The Bad By Tommy Landry is an article about the positives and negatives of social media. He compartmentalizes his journal into two sections, one covering the bad of social media and one compartmentalizing the good. He then further goes into detail of what he believes is good and makes a list of 5 reasons why it is good and in what nature.For an example he list hash-tags and globalized voices as two major reasons why it is good.Furthermore farther down in the second half of his journal he list 5 reasons why it is bad. Such as the popular " Selfie " which he believes it is narcissistic. 

Analysis:

I agree with most of all of the points that Landry brings up in his article except for a few. For an example the one about "Selfie" being a bad thing to come from social media a little outlandish. I understand that it can be a little annoying but i feel that it is not making a negative impact on anyone's life. He brings allot of otherwise valid points that I believe will mesh very well within my own essay.

Sunday, November 16, 2014

Blog # 6

I have selected Mini-essay #2 as my expansion essay. This essay is very rich in the amount of sheer content that is available on social media. It is something that almost all of us use on a daily basis. In some cases it is the first thing we check in the morning and the last thing we see before bed.To expand on my essay I will not only generalize social media as a whole but I will individually  evaluate 4 social media sites that are relevant today.I will then compare them to other things that are considered social outside of the internet. Furthermore I will also compare them to previous social media sites and why they demised where others succeeded. The reason why I will evaluate the sites is to notify the key differences and there importance.

Key Terms

1. Myspace
2. Social Media
3. Most popular online media site
4. Instagram
5. Outside activities